NON-FOOD VENDING NON-FOOD VENDING
know there’s nothing better than getting outdoors and enjoying a pint in the sunshine, which is why we trialled the beer garden vending machine to ensure our guests did not get caught out in the heat without the sunshine essentials.
The vendingmachine could be rolled out to over 1,000 Greene King beer gardens up and down the country.
Offffering commuters an opportunity to pass the time on their journeys, three short story vendingmachines were installed at Canary Wharf in what was described as a first for the UK, by French company Short Édition.
The short stories were free to passers-by at the touch of a button, following the launch of similar versions of themachines across France, Hong Kong and the US.
The stories cove r genres fromsci-fi to romance and children’s fiction and include authors including Charles Dickens, VirginiaWoolf and Lewis Carroll.
What was described as Britain’s first contactless car vending machine has launched in London this year, offeringmotorists a haggle-free way to purchase a brand-new car.
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The installation in London’s SpitalfieldsMarket was created by digitalmarketplace for new and used cars Auto Trader to illustrate its pre-haggled prices, but it does provide food for thought. Is this the way wemay be able to buy cars, or large appliances in the future?
A spokesperson for Auto Tr Trader said: “We’re showcasing a real-life
version on what can be found on Auto Trader; brand new cars at pre- haggled prices that you can drive away today.
“The only difffference is that this Renault Zoe can be purchased at the touch of a card, testing London car buyers’ appetite for electric cars as well as amore instant purchasing future.”
A teamof six engineers spent threemonths designing and building the contactless car dispenser.A custom-made point of sale system and key release function was created, alongside an integrated payment and door releasemechanism.
Modern innovations inmachines, payment systems and softftware solutionsmean opportunities for non-food vending are endless. Almost anything can be purchased froma vendingmachine and it will be the operators with the right vision who will achieve early success .
Perhaps the most important non-food modern day vending system offffers an important solution to help tackle the nation’s waste. These so-named reverse vending applications have been springing up countrywide.
This is being helped by the government throwing its weight behind an “all in” deposit return recycling plan that would cover all sizes of bottles and give the public the incenti The
Scottish government is ve to recycle.
already a few steps ahead in forming its own deposit return scheme. It operates in a way that a 20p deposit is added t o drinks sold in aluminium cans, glass and plastic. The money is then refunded when customers return the empty containers.
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